A strike by ENO's chorus, protesting against a 25% pay cut and plans to axe four jobs, was recently called off, and the opera company is currently trying to cut costs after its grant from the Arts Council was cut by 29%.

The Royal Opera’s production of the two one-act operas Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci was named Best New Opera Production. The other two operas nominated were Morgen und Abend (Royal Opera House) and The Force of Destiny (English National Opera).

In Dance, Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works was named Best New Dance Production (beating competition from Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo).

Ballet dancer Alessandra Ferri was given the Olivier for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for her appearances in Woolf Works and Chéri at the Royal Opera House . Also nominated in the category were Javier de Frutos for the choreograph of Anatomy of a Passing Cloud (Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House) and Sasha Waltz for her choreography of Sacre at Sadler’s Wells.

Here’s the full list of all the other winners:

Best RevivalMa Rainey's Black Bottom at National Theatre, Lyttelton

Best New ComedyNell Gwynn at Apollo Theatre

Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate TheatrePat Kinevane and Fishamble for Silent, Soho Theatre